The biannual, invitation exercise will take in areas near Aksaz in the Eastern Mediterranean between 7 and 16 November 2017.

Turkey has invited the NATO Standing Maritime Task Force-2 (SNMG-2), the United States and Romanian Naval Forces. They will join the Naval Forces, Air Forces and Coast Guard elements from Turkey.

25 warships and submarines 27 helicopters and airplanes and 3500 personnel from 5 participating countries will take part in the exercise. The exercise is a multinational maritime exercise designed to improve combined combat capabilities, increase operational capacity and strengthen relationships among NATO allies.

This is the list of the participating ships and submarines as far as I could comply:

Number

Name

Type

Nationality

Fleet

F-245

TCG Oruçreis

Frigate

Turkey

F-24X

TCG XXX

Frigate

Turkey

F-24X

TCG XXX

Frigate

Turkey

F-24X

TCG XXX

Frigate

Turkey

F-24X

TCG XXX

Frigate

Turkey

F-511

TCG Heybeliada

Corvette

Turkey

P-344

TCG Rüzgar

Fast attack craft

Turkey

P-345

TCG Poyraz

Fast attack craft

Turkey

P-347

TCG Fırtına

Fast attack craft

Turkey

P-338

TCG Bora

Fast attack craft

Turkey

P-33X

TCG XXX

Fast attack craft

Turkey

S-35X

TCG XXX

Submarine

Turkey

S-35X

TCG XXX

Submarine

Turkey

S-35X

TCG XXX

Submarine

Turkey

A-580

TCG Akar

Tanker

Turkey

A-XXX

TCG XXX

Tanker

Turkey

L-402

TCG Bayraktar

LST

Turkey

A-XXX

TCG XXX

Tug

Turkey

SG-703

TCSG Yaşam

OPV

Turkey

CG

L-12

HMS Ocean

LSH

UK

SNMG-2

F-244

TCG Barbaros

Frigate

Turkey

SNMG-2

41

BGS Drazki

Frigate

Bulgaria

SNMG-2

265

ROS Admiral Horia Macelariu

Corvette

Romania

75

USS Donald Cook

Destroyer

USA

Furthermore following military and civilian search and rescue and emergency responce teams will tke part in the exercise:

An important part of the exercise will be the attempts to provide coastal safety during disasters by means of disaster and emergency operations, search and rescue, humanitarian aid and air sanitary evacuation procedures. The command, control and communications capabilities of the newest amphibious ship of Turkish Navy, TCG Bayraktar will be tested and evaluated in this scenario extensively.